Posted: 8/29/2010 6:55:04 AM EDT
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So my youngest son got a new bike from his older brother last week, a Free Agent Stiletto. My oldest paid $250 bucks for this thing from a bike shop and had it shipped out here. The damn thing broke two chains this week. Taking a closer look as to why this keeps happening, I find that whoever assembled the damn thing put too many spacers on the crank sprocket. It was almost 3/8" out of line with the rear sprocket. Ten minutes worth of work, and everything is lined up just right. What kind of idiot assembles a bike and doesn't bother to check something as basic as sprocket alignment? It is not like this was a cheap Walmart bike. It came from a bike shop where I would expect the people working there at least know how to assemble the damn things properly. Take some fucking pride in your work and pay attention to what you are doing. Is this too much to ask anymore? |
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Take some fucking pride in your work and pay attention to what you are doing. Is this too much to ask anymore?
I think it is... 
ETA, I'm in charge of a product line at work in the welding dept. I have a new guy that is probably mid 40's. Been doing this stuff his "whole life". I gave him a simple project Friday. He fucked it up 5 times and had to cut it apart each time. Every time I would show him exactly what he did wrong. Some how he would screw it up again. What bothered me the most was his total nonchalant attitude towards his mistakes. Kind of like "meh it happens" 
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Bought my son's bike. Within a week, the pedal came off. Checked it out and found that the "assembler" had cross threaded it and damaged the threads in the crank itself. Took it back to the store. Told them what had happened. Asked for un unassembled bike since I had no confidence in their assembler. Was told that they only sold assembled bikes "For safety reasons." Told them, "So that means that you are accepting full liability if my son gets injured due to your faulty assembly." That was the end of that conversation. I got him a bike at a different store. |